var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);

//Create a directive, first parameter is the html element to be attached.      
//We are attaching student html tag. 
//This directive will be activated as soon as any student element is encountered in html

mainApp.directive('student', function() {
   //define the directive object
   var directive = {};
   
   //restrict = E, signifies that directive is Element directive
   directive.restrict = 'E';
   
   //template replaces the complete element with its text. 
   directive.template = "Student: {{student.name}} , 
      Roll No: {{student.rollno}}";
   
   //scope is used to distinguish each student element based on criteria.
   directive.scope = {
      student : "=name"
   }
   
   //compile is called during application initialization. AngularJS calls 
      it once when html page is loaded.
    
   directive.compile = function(element, attributes) {
      element.css("border", "1px solid #cccccc");
      
      //linkFunction is linked with each element with scope to get the element specific data.
      var linkFunction = function($scope, element, attributes) {
         element.html("Student: "+$scope.student.name +" , 
            Roll No: "+$scope.student.rollno+"
");
         element.css("background-color", "#ff00ff");
      }
      return linkFunction;
   }
   
   return directive;
});

mainApp.controller('StudentController', function($scope) {
   $scope.Mahesh = {};
   $scope.Mahesh.name = "Mahesh Parashar";
   $scope.Mahesh.rollno  = 1;
   
   $scope.Piyush = {};
   $scope.Piyush.name = "Piyush Parashar";
   $scope.Piyush.rollno  = 2;
});

   
   
   
      
AngularJS Sample Application